Lebanon: Pope Receives New Ambassador

Pope Francis on November 5, 2018, received Farid Elias El-Khazen, ambassador of Lebanon to the Holy See, on the occasion of the presentation of his credential letters.

The following is a brief biography of the new ambassador:

Farid Elias El-Khazen
Ambassador of Lebanon to the Holy See

H.E. Mr. Farid Elias El-Khazen was born in 1960 and is married with three children.

He attended a course in architecture and social sciences at the American University of Beirut from 1976 to 1978 and subsequently obtained a bachelor’s degree in economics (Missouri State University, 1980) and a doctorate in international studies (Johns Hopkins University SAIS Washington DC, 1987).

He has held the following offices: professor of political science at the American University of Beirut (since 1988); director of the Department of Political Science and Public Administration at the American University of Beirut (2000-2005); member of Parliament in the Group of the Free Patriotic Movement, founded by the current president of the Republic, General Michel Aoun (until May 20, 2018).

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